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Completing a trifecta of Pokémon related food announcements this week, The Pokémon Company International and OREOs have unveiled the result of the collaboration that both companies have been teasing for a while now, with the release of packs of Pokémon x OREO Limited Edition Cookies.

TiMi Studio Group, the developers of Pokémon UNITE, have announced that an update will be coming to the game this Wednesday September 8 following a planned server update at 7:00 AM UTC, with changes and bug fixes being made to the stats and moves of Blissy, who was introduced to the game with the August 18 update, as well as some shop updates.

If Australian Pokéfans didn't already have too much junk food in their immediate future with the release of the McDonalds Happy Meals this Thursday, they certainly will now with the release of Pokémon doughnuts in Krispy Kreme stores Australia-wide.

It's not just Aussies who get to enjoy Pokémon themed food promotions this week. Starting this Thursday September 9, Pokémon fans in Brazil will also have the opportunity to pick up Pokémon cards and toys together with their McLanche Feliz meals.

Despite being unveiled as "coming soon" all the way back in July, the 25th Anniversary Happy Meals haven't yet been released in McDonalds stores in Australia. According to an internal crew communication poster leaked to Press-Start however, the long wait is nearly over, with the promotion intended to commence in stores this Thursday September 9, continuing until October 20, or while stocks last.

Beginning this Friday September 3rd at 12:00 noon US Eastern Daylight Time, a team of more than 24 Pokémon Community Content Creators will be banding together in the forth annual Pokéthon charity streaming event, raising money for Direct Relief's Fund for Health Equity.

Giving European Pokémon fans even more opportunity to fill their wardrobes with Pokémon branded merch, the Polish-based clothing manufacturer LPP has partnered with The Pokémon Company International to release a further range of collections of Pokémon apparel in stores across Europe, targeting both young and old fans.

In a message posted to their official Twitter account, DuArt, who had been involved in dubbing the Pokémon anime for 13 years, have announced that they will be ceasing all of its media services operations. Moving forward, the company will continue to rent out office space in its historic DuArt building in New York City to media companies working on production products.

The Pokémon TV app, which has been available for download for some time now on Android and Apple mobile and TV devices, has now been released for download on the Nintendo Switch eShop.

The next expansion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield—Fusion Strike, has been officially announced by The Pokémon Company International. The expansion will be released worldwide from November 12, 2021.

The P25 Music project, as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of Pokémon, continues to expand with the release of a new song, "Game Girl", sung by Victoire de la Musique award winning artist Louane. Produced by P3gase and mixed by Josh Gudwin, the bilingual English/French song tells a story typical to that of many Pokémon trainers, describing the journey taken through life with a partner while figuring out our goals in this journey, and trying to be the very best we can be.

Following the release of Pokémon 25: The Red EP earlier this month, the P25 Music Project has now launched Pokémon 25: The Blue EP, featuring remixes by ZHU of the songs by Vince Staples, Cyn and Mabel.

There's only three short months now until the long anticipated Generation IV remakes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, are released worldwide. In this post, we'll be giving a quick wrap-up of everything discussed today relating to these games, in both today's Pokémon Presents video, as well as the updates on the official website that went up shortly after the video concluded.

The Pokémon Presents which aired earlier today has revealed a raft of new information about Pokémon Legends: Arceus, with more than half the run time of the video presentation being devoted to the highly anticipated game. In this post, we'll give a wrap-up of everything revealed in the video, and in the updates to the official Pokémon Legends: Arceus website which went up immediately after the video.

Japanese fashion brand UNIQLO has announced a new "Pokémon Meets Artist" UT collection line, for release starting later this month. This particular collaboration features a range of designs from two artists. Meguru Yamaguchi, a Japanese born and New York based artist known for his characteristic brushstroke style; and James Jarvis, a London based artist specialized in cartoon illustration, and who is best known for his work on soft vinyl toys.

TiMi Studio Group, the developers of Pokémon UNITE, have announced that an update will be coming to the game this Wednesday August 18 following a planned server update at 7:00 AM UTC, with changes and bug fixes being made to some Pokémon stats and moves, as well as to several Battle Items. As previously reported, this update will also see the introduction of Blissey into the game.

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The P25 Music project rolls on with the release today of Pokémon 25: The Red EP. In addition to "Take It Home" by Mabel, which was released as a single in mid-July, this EP features songs from two new artists to the P25 Music project. "Wonderful" by Cyn, and "Got 'Em" by Vince Staples. In a nod to the history of paired releases for main series Pokémon video games, a second EP will also be released later this month, wth The Blue EP featuring remixes of all three tracks from The Red EP by ZHU.

In a day where Niantic has managed to anger and frustrate a significant and vocal portion of the Pokémon GO player base, they can at least be thankful that they weren't the only company thinking now was the appropriate time to go "hold my beer" with a poorly considered statement. Showing a shocking lack of awareness of internet memes for a social media manager, not to mention common sense and empathy, the official Twitter account of Pokémon UNITE developers TiMi Studios earlier today apparently decided that, instead of giving the simple and obvious response to a request to say "gay rights", that they'd instead like to turn themselves into even more of a public pariah than the monitization model of Pokémon UNITE already had.

Niantic, the developers of Pokémon GO, today released a statement acknowledging and responding to community feedback regarding the reversal of increases to the maximum interaction distance that were made back in November 2020.